poultry

Across the eastern and central U.S., a highly contagious and lethal strain of bird flu is now spreading. Since February, more than 13 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have died because of the disease or have been culled to stop the spread. Poultry producers and backyard flock owners are trying to learn more from past outbreaks to protect their birds.

It has been a rough few months for the world's largest meat company. Known for its rapid expansion across the globe, Brazil-based meatpacking giant JBS…

A proposal that would jumpstart the chicken business in one Midwestern state has some residents concerned about the potential impact on the environment.…

Thousands of chainmail-clad workers with knives and hooks keep a modern poultry plant running, churning out the millions of pounds of poultry we eat every…

Avian influenza is ravaging poultry flocks across the Upper Midwest. The virus is "doing things we've never seen it do before," and understanding about transmission is very limited, a scientist says.

Susanne Byerly can laugh now, four years later, talking about how she and her husband were trying to eat healthy food when they bought ground turkey for…

As the number of farms hit with avian flu grows to more than 100 nationwide, regulators are implementing containment plans meant to stop the virus'…